A Hacksaw, a Bionic Arm… and a Game of Blind Lawn Bowls
As 2025 draws to a close, I’ve been reflecting on what Blind Sport has meant to me — not just as physical activity, but as confidence, connection, and community. More recently, that reflection has centred on a new and unexpected joy in my life: Blind Lawn Bowls. It’s all happening in Geelong After moving to […]
Serendip Sensory Gardens: A Place Where Nature Speaks to Everyone
On 27th November 2025, I had the privilege of stepping into a space that most people haven’t had the chance to experience yet: the brand-new Serendip Sensory Garden in Lara, just outside Geelong. The occasion was the last meeting of Parks Victoria’s Disability and Inclusion Advisory Panel for 2025. For the past two years, I […]
A Time Capsule Monday: June 28, 2010
Every so often I flick back through my old diaries and have a laugh. Or a cry. Today I found an entry from June 28, 2010 — just an ordinary Monday, but looking at it now, it feels like peeking into a time capsule. Therapy on Four Wheels Mondays usually started the same way back […]
Trekking with Conviction: The Abel Tasman Challenge
Imagine five explorers with low vision, seven enthusiastic support trekkers, three Kiwi guides from Wilson’s Abel Tasman Adventures – and one hell of an excited seeing eye dog named Luna – all heading off on a five-day, 52-kilometre trek through New Zealand’s iconic Abel Tasman National Park. You’re thinking ‘new reality TV show?’ Well, no […]
Trek for Vision – Vision Australia Radio
This week I had the opportunity for an interview with Peter Greco on Vision Australia Radio – South Australia. This is my fourth interview now, so I’m feeling like I’m almost a regular!! Peter was keen to hear about Trek for Vision, the 5-day trek to New Zealand to support Vision Australia’s Quality Living Program. […]
International White Cane Day – The Forgotten Awareness Day
Everyone knows about Red Nose Day, right?It’s a fundraiser for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome — and you can buy those cute red clown noses at the supermarket checkout. And there are lots of other fundraising days that people rally behind — like Daffodil Day, Jeans for Genes, you name it! But what about International White […]
NEVE
Nature’s Melodies: Birding by Ear in Melbourne – a lived experience story By: Annette Leishman published in NEVE – https://www.neve-plainenglish.wwda.org.au/story/natures-melodies-birding-by-ear-in-melbourne Nothing can be more challenging than birdwatching for people who are blind or have low vision. But “birding-by-ear” is acompletely different experience. It focuses on the sounds of the birds, rather than the sights. As […]
A Coastal Walk – Brighton Bay Beach to Sandringham
On Wednesday, 5 March, a beautiful early autumn day, a group of vision impaired beach lovers from Blind Sports and Recreation Victoria, along with their support workers and volunteers set off for an invigorating coastal walk. We met at the Brighton Beach Station car park and walked across the road to the beach walking track. […]
When Sound replaces Sight in Dance
I had never considered what training with a dance system designed for blind and vision-impaired people would be like. Recently, I had the opportunity to find out. I was invited by Madhuka De Silva, PhD candidate at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, to be part of a research project involved in co-designing a dance system to support […]
27 Dresses and Two Shards of Teeth
I screamed. Not because of the pain, but because I had obliterated my best feature—my two front teeth. Even in the dark, I didn’t need to see them to know the damage was done. Instinctively, I lifted my finger to my mouth to assess the wreckage: my front teeth were shattered. One was broken halfway […]